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No. 750,335. PATENTED JAN. 26, 1904. W. H. BENNETT.

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WILLIAM HENRY BENNETT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BROODER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 750,335, dated January26, 1904.

Application filed August 31, 1903. $e1'ia1 No. 171,417. (No model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern:-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENRY BEN- NETT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brooders;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

-My invention relates to brooders, and more particularly to anattachment therefor adapted to enable the floor of the brooding-chamberto be cleansed without necessitating the lowering of the temperature andthereby unfitting the brooding-chamber for use until the temperatureshall have again been raised.

A further object of my invention is to form a brooder or housing properwhereby the walls thereof may be readily separated, enabling the same tobe shipped in a knockdown condition, if desired, ready to be easilv andquickly formed.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter clearly set forth,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis application, and in which Figure 1 shows a perspective view of myinvention complete as applied to a brooder. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection of Fig. 1 on line 2 2. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of Fig. 2 online 3 3. Fig. 1 is a detail view showing the lamp-controlling dampertherefor. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view showing the removablefloor of the broodingchamber, while Fig. 6 is a detail view inperspective showing the heat-directing channels or ways whereby the heatof the lamp is conveyed through a tortuous course to the outlet-point;

In order to conveniently refer to the vari ous details of my inventionand cooperating accessories, numerals will be employed, the same numeralreferring to a similar part throughout the several views.

In materializing my invention I provide a suitable housing comprisingthe side walls 1, the end sections 2, and the top section or roof 3. Theside walls are provided with vertical grooves adapted to receive theedges of the end sections 2 and the edges of the partitionwall 4, saidparts being held in an assembled condition by the transversely-disposedbolts 5, one end of which is properly seated in an aperture in athreaded plate, while the opposite end is provided with thelimiting-collar 6, and

a knockdown condition ready for shipment or storage, but also enablescompensation to be made for any shrinkage incident to use. The end andpartition walls are preferably made hollow, whereby an air-chamber 8 isprovided, while the floor-section 9 is also preferably provided with anair-chamber 10 throughout its entire extent, thereby more securelyguarding against changes of temperature within the brooder. It will beseen that I have provided two chambers 11 and 12 by means of thepartition 4, placed, preferably, in the central part of the mainchamber.

The partition-wall 4 is provided with an opening 13, covered by apieceof flexible material 14, as a curtain of cloth, while the end wall 2 isprovided with an opening designed to be covered byadoor l5, properlyhinged, as indicated by the numeral 16, said door being reinforced onits inner side by a section 17 of smaller size than the outer section16, whereby when the door is opened by permitting the same to swingdownwarda bridge or passage way for small chicks will be alforded, theposition of the door when disposed in an open position being indicatedby the dotted lines 18 in Fig. 1. p

The opening normally covered by the doorsections 15 and 17 is alsoprovided with acurtain 19, of suitable flexible material. The top of thebrooding chamber 12 is cut away to provide an opening or seat for thereception of the closure 20, which has attached to its under side amember 21, to the lower side of which is secured a'depending flange orwallsection 22, which is oblong in form and one end of which extendsbeyond the ends of the sections 20 and 21, as more clearly shown inFigs. 2 and 6. To the lower edge of the flange 22 I connect, as bysuitable hinges 23, the door 24, which when closed provides a hollowchamber within the flange 22, said chamber being divided longitudinallyby the partition 25.

The partition 25 is cut away or provided with an aperture 26, therebypermitting the heat from the lamp 27 to pass upward through the aperture28, thence into the chamber within the flanges 22, and thence throughthe recess 26 and out through the vent 29, which communicates with asuitable flue or vent-tube 30, thereby leaving the excess of heat andproducts of combustion into the atmosphere. I also attach to the hollowend wall 2 the housing 31, having a suitable door 32, and

within said housing I place the lamp 27, of

any preferred pattern. .In the upper part of the housing 31 I secure thebrackets 33, and upon said brackets I locate the box-like receptacle 34,provided with a damper or lid 35,

said lid being connected to the controlling-lever 36, as by the link 37,it being understood that the lever 36 is properly mounted upon asuitable standard 38 and may be controlled manually, as by the set-screw39 upon the fixed rod 40 or by a suitable thermostat, as

preferred.

The damper is connected with the receptacle 34 by suitable hinges 41,and it is therefore obvious that by a proper adjustment of thecontrolling-nut 39 the desired degree of draft may be afforded, the heatand other proclucts of combustion passing through the aperture 28 andthence through the chambers within the flanges 22 before finallyescaping through the vent-pipe 30, as hereinbefore stated. I alsoprovide for a brooding-chamber 12 a perforated pipe 42, whereby freshair is conducted into said chamberas desired. The chamber 12 beingnearest the supply of heat will of course possess a higher temperatureand is therefore more fitted for younger chicks, while the chamber 11will be found desirable for those of a larger growth. It will be seenthat each of the chambers 11 and 12 is provided witha removablefloor-section 43, each being mounted in suitable ways provided in theframe 44. A construction of said parts and relationship thereof to eachother is of such character that the entire framesection 44 and thefloor-section carried thereby may be bodily withdrawn or only thefloorsection withdrawn, as desired.

By reference to Figs. 3 and 5 it will be observed that I securely attachto the floor-section 43 the plate or member 45, designed to be receivedby a suitable opening in the side wall 1, and since the floor-section 43is received by suitable guideways 46, formed in the framesection 44, itfollows that the floor-section may be withdrawn therefrom and leave theframe-section 44 within the chamber.

In order that the floor-section 43 will be thoroughly scraped orcleansed upon its upper surface, I provide the scraper or knife blade47, which is carried by the inner side of the outer wall of the frame44, the location of said knife being such that it will rest directlyupon the surface of the floor 43 and insure that any substances thereonwill be thoroughly scraped off, permitting the same to fall upon theground, when the floor section 43 may be forced inward so as to bringthe staples or hooks 48 so that they will extend through the slottedopenings 49 ready to be engaged by the latches or keepers 50, it beingunderstood that a suitable handle 51 is provided for the outer side ofthe member 45, whereby the same and parts connected thereto may bequickly withdrawn. The closure or member 45 is also adapted to besecurely locked in a closed position by the latches or buttons 52, whilea button of smaller character, as indicated by the numeral 53, is alsoprovided for the door-sections 15 and 17.

It will be understood that in some instances the closure 20 may carryflanges 22 of proper extent to reach into the chamber 11, although inthe present drawings I have shown said flanges as providing aheating-chamber for the section 12 of the aperture. When it is desiredto cleanse either of the chambers 11 or 12, the buttons or latches 52are turned out of the way of the closure 45, when the handle 51 isgrasped and the entire frame-section 44 is withdrawn. The latches arethen raised out of engagement with the keepers 48, when a pull upon thehandle 51 will cause the floorsection 43 to be withdrawn from theframesection 44, when the scraper will thoroughly cleanse the uppersurface thereof, the substances thereon falling upon the ground as thefloor-section is withdrawn. The floor-section 43 is then restored to itsposition within the guideways 46 in the frame-section 44, when thekeepers 48 will protrude through the openings 49 to be reengaged by thelatches 50, as will be readily understood.

In some instances it will be desirable not to remove the frame-section44, in which case the latches are disengaged from their keepers 48, whenby pulling upon the handle 51 the floorsection 43 will be withdrawnagainst the scraping-knife and the substances thereon will be permittedto fall down upon the main floorsection or bottom 9, thereby permittingsuch cleansing process to be completed without opening thebrooding-chamber and permitting the lowering of the temperature thereof.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a brooder which may be easilyand quickly cleansed without lowering the temperature thereof.

Having thus fully described the construction and manner of using myimproved brooder, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

"he herein-described brooder comprising with a suitable heat supplyingdevice and means to convey the heat from the lamp to thebrooding-chamber all combined substantially as specified and for thepurpose set forth. I5

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WM. HENRY BENNETT.

Witnesses i D. GRIHKER, O. SHATZKIS.

